DFC Information Session RESCHEDULED!

New York City Prevention Resource Center

Due to unforeseen changes, the DFC Information Session has been changed to Thursday, October 10^th at 6PM. The location will take place at the Children's Aid Society, 9th floor boardroom. For those who have already registered from the original training date will have to re-register again.  This will allow attendance accuracy, no walk-ins allowed.

Please be sure to visit the Children's Aid Society---New York City Prevention Resource Center website to register. RSVP here.

If you have any concerns, contact the NYC PRC at 917.286.1541 or email.

We do apologize for the inconvenience and see you on the 10th!

Citizens Committee for NYC Community Building Workshops

Logo Credit: Citizen Committee for NYC

At Citizens Committee, they don’t just give out grants. The agency hosts free community workshops on great ways to mobilize your neighbors, raise funds (beyond our own grants), navigate city government, and more. They share stories, tools, and tips custom-tailored to meet the needs of grassroots groups—and listen to your experiences.

The workshops are designed with resident-led groups in mind; each session draws from the ideas and experiences that you bring. 

For more information on Citizens Committee workshops, please visit the website. 

Funding Opportunity for Year 3 Community Transformation Grants

 

Photo Credit: CDC

 

 

The Fund for Public Health in New York (FPHNY), on behalf of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) and the Partnership for a Healthier New York City, is excited to announce this RFP opportunity for local community-based organizations to help create a Healthier NYC. In an effort to advance its work in New York City, the Partnership for a Healthier New York City is seeking community-based organizations that have interests in healthy eating, active living, tobacco free living and reducing underage and excessive alcohol use, to work with experienced coalitions on new projects.  As part of the City’s efforts, funded by a Community Transformation Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Partnership is seeking to fund work within each borough to further the progress in creating a healthier city. 

The RFP and attachments are posted on the FPHNY website. Each applicant must submit an electronic copy of the application. The file should be in PDF (Portable Document Format). Applicants should submit a single PDF file with their complete proposal. All proposals in response to this RFP must be e-mailed to the following address, no later than Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 5:00pm EST

 

For more information, contact: Emily Weiser (eweiser@fphny.org) or visit their website

 

Funding Opportunity: Implications of New Digital Media Use for Underage Drinking, Drinking-Related Behaviors, and Prevention Research

Chart Credit: Longwood University Blog

 

Deadline:   Oct. 5, 2013 and Oct. 16, 2013

Funding Amount:   Award Ceiling: $200,000

Eligibility:   unrestricted

Agency:   National Institutes of Health

Grant ID:  PA-13-263 & PA-13-262 

CFDA#:   93.273  --  Alcohol Research Programs

Summary:   This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to investigate whether, and how, heavy involvement in new digital media usage, particularly social media and social networking sites, may influence adolescent alcohol use and drinking patterns, as well as drinking-related problems. This FOA also encourages applications proposing to explore the ways in which new digital media may be utilized as platforms for preventive interventions aimed at underage drinking and related problems.

Links:    NIH Grant (R21) and NIH Grant (R01)

Funding Opportunity - NYC Community Health Survey Data Collection (2015-2020)

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Grant/Contract Name: NYC Community Health Survey Data Collection (2015-2020)
Deadline: August 16, 2013

Funding Amount: It is anticipated that the available funding for the contract awarded from this RFP will be $9,400,000 for the Annual Survey (2015-2020) and $1,400,000 for the HFUS2 for a total of $10,800,000.

Eligibility: For the Annual Survey the Contractor would have at least 4 years successful and relevant experience in conducting telephone surveys of similar size and complexity in urban areas such as New York City. ...

Agency: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Grant ID: PIN 14LL000300R0X00

Summary: The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene "DOHMH" is seeking an appropriately qualified vendor to collect health survey data for approximately 8,500 adult New Yorkers per year for the New York City Community Health Survey ("CHS"). It is anticipated that the selected vendor ("Contractor") will conduct both the Six Year Annual Community Health Survey - 2015-2020 ("Annual Survey") and the CHS Heart Follow-up Study Option in 2015 ("HFUS2").

Click this LINK for more information

 

Infographics & data visualization turn data into stories

Infographic: Social Brite

Article by Julia Reich

Most organizations have important data to present to their clients, members, boards of directors and other constituencies. Yet who has time to read or understand the reports, charts and diagrams created by your overworked staff?

Infographics are a communication trend that’s all about displaying data in an attractive, easily digestible format. With their unique combination of images and words, infographics are a powerful storytelling tool. It’s a way to take all that data you’ve collected about the great things your organization does and use it for social good purposes – to illustrate timelines, histories, relationships, the impact of a program and much more.

Removing a barrier to understanding

Ceci Dadisman, the director of marketing and public relations at Palm Beach Opera in West Palm Beach, Fla., used an infographic to promote her group’s 50th Anniversary Season. She says, “Opera, ballet and symphony are such complicated art forms. We are always trying to explain it simply in a nonthreatening way. Infographics  are a good way to explain what opera is with some facts anyone could understand.”

Article continues: Social Brite